Belt-buckle.



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BELT BUCKLE. APPLIOATION FILED 001230. 1902f N0 MODEL.

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Patented June 16, 1903.

PATENT OEEICE.

JOI-IN UEDING, (3F-VINCENNES, INDIANA.

BELT-BUCKLE.

sPEcIFIcATroN fol-ming part of Letters Patent No. 731,247, dated .rune 1e, 1903.

Application led October 30, 1902. Serial No. 129,502. (No model.) I

To all whom, it' may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN UEDING, of Vincennes, county of Knox, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Belt- Buckle; and I do hereby declare that the'following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accom-A panying drawings, in which like figures refer to like parts. A

The object 0f this invention is to provide a buckle for ladies ribbon belts and the like, so that the ends of the ribbon may be held in the form of a bow and be otherwise neat in appearance, and yet the buckle be readily detachable without interfering with the bow. It also by its shape serves to lengthen the appearance of the waist.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a belt-ribbon with the buckle in place. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the buckle with the two parts thereof detached. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing the means for connecting the two parts of the buckle.

In the `drawings herein, 10 is the belt-ribbon, with a slide 11 at the back for ornament and at the front a buckle formed of the two parts 12 and 13. The buckle as a whole is substantially V-shaped, each part having an opening 14 at the upper outer end, through which the ribbon is inserted from'behind. The engaging faces of the two halves 12 and 13 are each provided with recesses 15 and 16, through which the ribbon may'pass and with projections 17 and 18 for holding the ends of the ribbon in such openings. has an opening 19 between the openings 15 and 16'.

The ribbon is placed in the buckle, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. It is inserted from below upward through the opening let and diagonally down across the face of the buckle to the opening 19, through which it is inserted from the front rearward and then passed upward and forward through the opening 15 and is then brought downward over the face of the buckle through the open- Each half also ing 16. Both ends of the ribbon are inserted alike; butafter the buckle has been pletely and by itself hold one end of the ribbon, and also each end of the ribbon can be arranged so as to form a half of a bow on each end of the buckle, and therefore when the halves of the buckle are united the whole bow will'be complete.

vWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A buckle consisting of two similar parts provided with means for detachably fastening the same together, each part having an opening near the outer end thereof through which a ribbon may pass, recesses in the upper and lower portions of each part, which when the parts are united form a single opening in the upper portion of the buckle, and a single opening in the lower portion thereof.

' 2. A buckle consisting of two parts provided with means for detachably fastening the sannev together, each part having an opening in the end thereof, a centrally-located opening near the engaging edges of said parts, and recesses in the upper and lower portions which, when the parts of the buckle are united, form a single opening in the upper portion and a single opening in the lower portion of the buckle.

In witness whereof Ihave hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

JOHN UEDING.

Witnesses:

EDWARD KRAMER, SAMUEL M. EMIsoN.V 

